Beyond Cornell University’s custom-fit garment patterns from a 3D body scan, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

Bank of America’s real-time optimization apparatus using quantum non-fungible token contract ranking for dynamic code evolution
Black & Decker’s hand tool having interchangeable grip
Boot Royalty Company’s comfort system for boots
ChannelScience’s high-fidelity, low-contact data retrieval from legacy tapes
Cisco Technology’s speech confidentiality monitoring and alerting
CrowdStrike’s identifying atypical activity involving an entity in a computer system
Omnitracs’ fleet-wide video search
Samsung Electronics’ locally-adaptive multi-scale image enhancement
Secureworks’ systems and methods for dynamic vulnerability scoring
Texas Instruments’ display with increased pixel count
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’ artificial intelligence for animal identification and item recommendation
Toyota Motor North America’s managing renewable energy disruption
University of North Texas’ cathode coated with catalysts and hybrid electrolytes for high-energy density lithium-sulfur (LiS) batteries

Dallas Invents is a look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can indicate future economic growth, the development of emerging markets, and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 2/17/26 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

147 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 15
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 14
E: Fixed Constructions 12
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 4
G: Physics 41
H: Electricity 47

DESIGN: 14

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 17
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 6
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 5
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 4
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 4
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3

UNASSIGNED 11

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 3
David A. Bolton (North Richland Hills) 2
David H. McFadden (Somerville, MA) 2
Douglas Laube (Plano) 2
Jory Sprowl (Howe) 2
Kevin Scott Hodge (Allen) 2
Noah House (Sachse) 2
Nolan Serrao (Plano) 2
Rashid Skaf (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Systems and methods for sprinkler head detection
Patent No. 12550813

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17874923 on 07/27/2022 (1301 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for detecting sprinkler heads. A lawn mower may utilize one or more processors to detect that an RFID tag signal associated with a sprinkler head. The one or more processors may determine a position of the lawn mower relative to the sprinkler head. The one or more processors may also control the lawn mower in response to the position of the lawn mower being within a threshold distance of the sprinkler head.

[A01D] HARVESTING; MOWING

Perfusion solution
Patent No. 12550887

Inventor(s): Marlin Alford (Kaufman, TX)
Assignee(s): Organ Transport Pty Ltd. (North Adelaide, , AU)
Law Firm: TraskBritt (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18520988 on 11/28/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perfusion stock composition, for preserving a donor organ for transplantation, comprising: a source of 60 to 100 mM Na[superscript]+[/superscript]; a source of 10 to 20 mM K[superscript]+[/superscript]; a source of 5 to 10 mM Mg[superscript]2+[/superscript]; a source of 0.25 to 0.75 mM Ca[superscript]2+[/superscript]; 10 to 40 mM Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride (Tris or THAM), 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid (MOPS), 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (IviES), N,N-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (BES), or N/-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (TES); a source of 10 to 30 mM HCO3; 1 to 30 mM glucose; 1 to 20 U/L insulin; 1 to 10 mM fructose diphosphate or a salt thereof; 1 to 40 mM aspartate or glutamate; 1 to 10 mM adenosine, cAMP or cGMP; 1 to 10 mM reduced glutathione; and 30 to 100 mM lactobionate or mannitol; and, optionally, a diluent. The present disclosure also provides a perfusion composition, a kit, a method, and a perfusion apparatus, each related to the perfusion stock composition.

[A01N] PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (mixtures of pesticides with fertilisers C05G)

Comfort system for boots
Patent No. 12550977

Inventor(s): Billy Lovell (Mansfield, TX), Michael Fuller (Flower Mound, TX), Michael McCarron (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Boot Royalty Company, L.P. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: IP Attorneys Group, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18802190 on 08/13/2024 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A comfort system for Cowboy and work boots, including an insole chassis, an insole chassis backing board, and cushioning pads for absorbing and attenuating shocks encountered by a wearer of the boots. Cushioning pads are secured to a surface of the insole chassis backing board, and apertures in the insole chassis allow the cushions to pass through. Additional cushioning pads are retained in recesses in the midsole. Pads on insole chassis backing board and midsole are vertically aligned. A steel toe inset is utilized in conjunction with the comfort system for work boots. A rim may depend below the midsole to receive a foamed plastic pad.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Shelving unit
Patent No. 12551032

Inventor(s): Dylan Tyler Ritchie (Carlsbad, CA), Matthew Eaton Davis (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA), Noah Michael Rodebaugh (Lake Forest, CA)
Assignee(s): KAPROCK MANAGEMENT LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Definitive Patents, member Synchrony IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747143 on 06/18/2024 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a vertical shelving unit with transverse support members (SMs) (e.g., rails) supporting bins by their corresponding lips. The vertical shelving unit may, for example, include multiple vertical posts (VPs) defining a three-dimensional space. The VPs may, for example, include a set of SMs coupled to the VPs on opposing sides of the space. The SMs may, for example, be used to couple to the VPs on opposing sides of the space. For example, when a bin is inserted between the opposing sides, a protruding lip of the bin may be supported by the uppermost surface of the SMs. SMs may, for example, be shaped to follow a curvilinear path protruding into the space. SMs may, for example, include an upper SM connected by a truss structure to a lower SM. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a modular shelving unit that individually suspends storage bins.

[A47F] SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

High-efficiency heating apparatus
Patent No. 12551056

Inventor(s): David A. Bolton (North Richland Hills, TX), David H. McFadden (Somerville, MA)
Assignee(s): Hyper Fryer, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18483640 on 10/10/2023 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high-efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non-powered) or a powered draft combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

High-efficiency heating apparatus
Patent No. 12551057

Abstract: A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes one or more natural draft combustion chambers that are affixed to exterior surfaces of a fry tank.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection using emmetropia zone prediction
Patent No. 12551280

Inventor(s): Mark VonTress (Arlington, TX), Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16746231 on 01/17/2020 (2223 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for intraocular lens (IOL) selection using emmetropia zone prediction include determining pre-operative measurements of an eye, estimating a post-operative anterior chamber depth (ACD) of an intraocular lens based on the pre-operative measurements, estimating a post-operative manifest refraction in spherical equivalent (MRSE) of the eye with the IOL implanted based on the pre-operative measurements and the estimated post-operative ACD, determining whether the eye with the IOL implanted is likely to be in an emmetropia zone based on the estimated post-operative MRSE, re-estimating the post-operative MRSE of the eye with the IOL implanted using an emmetropia zone prediction model or a non-emmetropia zone prediction model based on the emmetropia zone determining, and providing the re-estimated post-operative MRSE to a user to aid in selection of an IOL for implantation in the eye.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Surgical implant delivery with lockable plunger
Patent No. 12551334

Inventor(s): Harlen Hoang (Fort Worth, TX), R. Mitchell Sherry (Fort Worth, TX), Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18048576 on 10/21/2022 (1215 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for eye surgery comprising a housing comprising a key track, a bore through the housing, a plunger at least partially disposed in the bore, and a plunger key. The plunger may comprise a rail and a keyway, and the plunger key may comprise a key guide coupled to the key track, an arm coupled to the key guide, and a rail slot through the arm. The arm may be disposed through the keyway of the plunger to allow the arm to move along the key track from a first position to a second position. The arm may be configured to block the rail in the first position and to align the rail slot with the rail in the second position so that the rail can move through the rail slot.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Hydraulic delivery of surgical implants
Patent No. 12551335

Inventor(s): Jestwin Lee, IV (Grandview, TX), Pradeep Magadum (Arlington, TX), Saumya Dilip Yadav (Arlington, TX), Todd Taber (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18350059 on 07/11/2023 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system or apparatus for using a cartridge for eye surgery. An implant may be mechanically advanced to a sealed position in a first phase, and then the implant may be advanced into the eye via hydraulic pressure or fluid flow in a second phase. An actuator may comprise a hollow plunger and a chamber configured to receive the cartridge. The actuator may be configured to fluidly couple the cartridge to an implant bay. In a first delivery phase, the actuator may move the plunger to advance the implant into a nozzle. In a second delivery phase, the actuator may move a working fluid from the cartridge through the plunger to advance the implant through the nozzle.

Biofluid shunt valve with sheath and monitoring device
Patent No. 12551375

Inventor(s): Dimitri Azar (San Francisco, CA), Supriyo Sinha (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17610657 on 05/12/2020 (2107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shunt valve for removing biofluid from an eye of a user, the valve including a tubular body defining an inlet and a plurality of outlets formed through a wall of the tubular body; a plunger accommodated within the tubular body and fluidically coupled to the inlet; wherein the plunger is movable relative to the plurality of outlets; and an energized material coupled to the plunger and the tubular body; wherein the energized material is compressible to expose a portion of the plurality of outlets dependent on the pressure applied to the energized material.

Dosage regimens for benzgalantamine
Patent No. 12551491

Inventor(s): Michael McFadden (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Alpha Cognition Inc. (Vancouver, , CA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19278636 on 07/23/2025 (209 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of effectively reducing the pharmaceutical load of galantamine relative to oral administration of galantamine or a method of effectively administering galantamine in a subject in need of galantamine therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer”s type, the methods including orally administering a dosage form of benzgalantamine gluconate according to the following dosage regime: administering a starting dosage of 5 mg benzgalantamine gluconate, twice daily, for a minimum of four weeks.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Systems and methods for noise filtering in implantable medical device charging systems
Patent No. 12551712

Inventor(s): Edward Lundberg (Frisco, TX), Hongxuan Zhang (Austin, TX), Luis Ortiz Hernandez (Plano, TX), Nicholas Sachs (Los Angeles, CA), Santhosh Seetharaman (Plano, TX), Seil Oh (Dallas, TX), William Winstrom (Leander, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18620261 on 03/28/2024 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for wirelessly charging an implantable medical device. An external charging device includes a coil, signal generating circuitry to drive current through the coil at a charging frequency to induce current in a second coil in the implantable medical device, monitoring circuitry to generate an output signal to monitor charging operations, and a comb filter. The comb filter is configured to apply filtering to the output signal to remove noise from the output signal, wherein the filtering is applied based on the charging frequency. The external charging device is configured to process the filtered output signal to detect a circuit state of charging circuitry of the implantable medical device during charging operations, and the external charging device is configured to vary the charging frequency based, in part, on detection of the circuit state of the charging circuitry of the implantable medical device.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Dual stage fire sprinkler head and fire suppression system
Patent No. 12551742

Inventor(s): Albert Carr (Merritt Island, FL), Jeremy Harris (LaRue, TX), Justin Hood (Rockwall, TX), Russ Taylor (Micco, FL), Zane Krempin (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): HDK Innovations, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19264556 on 07/09/2025 (223 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a dual stage fire sprinkler in a fire suppression system. The dual stage fire sprinkler includes an activation system and a dual stage sealing assembly having a primary frangible bulb and a secondary frangible bulb. The fire sprinkler activates a first stage fire suppression operation in response to an ambient temperature in a zone exceeding a trigger temperature of the primary frangible bulb. The activation system automatically replaces the primary frangible bulb with the secondary frangible bulb after a predetermined period of time and either activates a second stage fire suppression operation in response to the ambient temperature exceeding the trigger temperature of the secondary frangible bulb or resets the fire sprinkler for a subsequent fire hazard event in response to the ambient temperature being lower than the trigger temperature of the secondary frangible bulb.

[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Fitting system for a bulge and a roll on one or more golf clubs
Patent No. 12551765

Inventor(s): Bryson DeChambeau (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): LA Golf Partners LLC (Newport Beach, CA)
Law Firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19060451 on 02/21/2025 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of for determining an amount of bulge and roll of a golf club striking plate that is optimal for a golfer, including, testing golf clubs having striking plates with various amounts of bulge and/or roll using a robotic swinging arm, gathering data obtained from the testing, measuring a swing characteristic for the golfer, and determining the optimum amount of bulge and/or roll to include in the striking plate for the golfer based on the golfer”s swing characteristic.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

Systems and methods for promoting games and incentivization in metaverses
Patent No. 12551799

Inventor(s): Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18305829 on 04/24/2023 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for promoting games and incentivization to metaverse users. For example, a metaverse user affiliation system may be used to continuously monitor data relating to activity of a metaverse user with respect to one or more metaverses; to automatically generate game-related data to be presented to the metaverse user via the one or more metaverses based at least in part on the data relating to the activity of the metaverse user with respect to the one or more metaverses, wherein the game-related data relates to a virtual game being played by a plurality of metaverse users, and wherein the virtual game relates to personal behavior of the plurality of metaverse users with respect to the one or more metaverses; and to transmit the game-related data to one or more metaverse servers to enable presentation of the game-related data to the metaverse user via the one or more metaverses.

[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [5]

Single serve coffee maker
Patent No. D1113312

Inventor(s): Naomi Masdon (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29948919 on 06/24/2024 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Multi-frequency hybrid piezo actuation and capactive transducer
Patent No. 12551927

Inventor(s): Mohammad Hadi Motieian Najar (Santa Clara, CA), Peter Smeys (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18206282 on 06/06/2023 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a piezoelectric stack of a transducer, a first piezoelectric voltage. The transducer has a base structure and a first layer, the base structure having a first displacement between a first portion of the base structure and the first layer. The method also includes transmitting, by the transducer, a first ultrasound frequency while receiving a first piezoelectric voltage, and receiving, by the transducer, a first bias voltage. The received first bias voltage alters the first displacement between the first portion of the base structure and the first layer, and the altered first displacement is smaller than the first displacement. The method further includes receiving, by the piezoelectric stack of the transducer, a second piezoelectric voltage to the transducer, and transmitting, by the transducer, a second ultrasound frequency while receiving the first bias voltage and the second piezoelectric voltage.

[B06B] GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL (for particular physical or chemical processes, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B07B 1/40, B22C 19/06, B23Q 17/12, B24B 31/06, E01C 19/22; measurement of mechanical vibrations, including the combination of generation and measurement, G01H; systems using reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves G01S 15/00; generating seismic energy for prospecting G01V 1/02; control of mechanical vibrations G05D 19/00; methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound, in general G10K 11/00; synthesis of acoustic waves G10K 15/02; piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements H01L 41/00; motors with vibrating magnet, armature or coil H02K 33/00; motors using piezo-electric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction H02N 2/00; generation of electrical oscillations H03B; electromechanical resonators as resonant circuit elements H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R) [2]

Hand tool having interchangeable grip
Patent No. 12551997

Inventor(s): Peter Nguyen (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): BLACK DECKER, INC. (, CT)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18182102 on 03/10/2023 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to an interchangeable grip for a hand tool that facilitates a robust, serviceable connection between the interchangeable grip and a tool handle.

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Locator brackets for fluid reservoirs, and seat assemblies and vehicle including the same
Patent No. 12552297

Inventor(s): Andrew G. Schulte (Ypsilanti, MI), Brian J. Hewitt (Brighton, MI), Charles P. Patterson (Carleton, MI), Christopher A. Sarros (Tecumseh, , CA), Stephen Clark (Highland, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18583077 on 02/21/2024 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locator bracket for attaching one or more fluid reservoirs to a seat assembly is disclosed. The locator bracket includes a connector member, a first receiving member provided at a first end of the connector bracket, and one or more clip holes formed in the connector bracket. The first receiving member includes a pressure gauge wall defining a pressure gauge receiving cavity, and a shaft wall extending from the pressure gauge wall and defining a shaft receiving indent. A pressure gauge of the one or more fluid reservoirs is received within the pressure gauge wall, and a shaft of the one or more fluid reservoirs is received within the shaft wall.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Elastomer cushion unit for railcar
Patent No. 12552422

Inventor(s): Jonathan Sunde (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Strato Technology Solutions, LLC (Saginaw, TX)
Law Firm: AP Patents (Local + 209 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17939683 on 09/07/2022 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cushioning device includes a first housing with a first wall, a first extremity, a first open end and a first hollow interior. A second housing includes a second wall, a second extremity, a second open end and a second hollow interior, the second hollow interior sized to receive the first wall therewithin. A spring is disposed within each of the first and second hollow interiors between the first extremity and the second extremity. The first and the second housings are designed for a reciprocal linear movement relative to each other between a first position where the first open end being disposed at a distance from the second extremity and a second position where the first open end being disposed in a direct contact with the second extremity. The cushioning device may be installed within a sill of a railcar to cushion buff or draft forces from a coupler.

[B61G] COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES; DRAUGHT OR BUFFING APPLIANCES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES

Systems and methods for deploying locomotives within a consist
Patent No. 12552425

Inventor(s): Keith Wesley Wait (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (LaGrange, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18385814 on 10/31/2023 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: An energy-management system of a train performs real-time assessment of operating parameters of the train and characteristics of a route using machine-learning algorithms. A consist management module within the energy-management system evaluates predictions of future performance by the train when different numbers of locomotives within a consist are inactive. Calculating and comparing operating benefits obtained from the predictions with respect to an upcoming distance, the consist management module identifies a number of locomotives to place in an isolation mode to provide efficient operation of the train. The number identified is provided to a driving strategy module for consideration in maneuvering the train over the upcoming distance.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Modeling train movement dynamics for train control
Patent No. 12552426

Inventor(s): Evan Whinery (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC (LaGrange, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18423072 on 01/25/2024 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a train using a train model are described herein. A The train model is a concatenated version of an empirical model. The empirical model is corrected and optimized using data generated by an empirical physics engine. The optimization of the empirical model reduces the number of inputs into the model, allowing for a simpler version of the empirical model to be deployed on a train as the train model. The train model can allow a computation engine of the train to receive data and calculate one or more predicted behaviors of the train. The calculations are used by an engine controller to control various operational aspects of the train in real-time while the train is operating.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Motorized running cycle
Patent No. 12552482

Inventor(s): Eric Johnson (Temecula, CA), Phillip Charles Burke (Pala, CA), Robert Ryan Ragland (Brock, TX)
Assignee(s): StaCyc, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18490311 on 10/19/2023 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: A running bike is to be operated selectively with and without power. The running bike includes a front fork rotatably engaged with a front wheel, a rear fork rotatably engaged with a rear wheel, a handlebar coupled to the front fork for steering the running bike, a frame extending between and connecting the front fork and the rear fork, an electronic controller coupled to the frame, and a drivetrain assembly coupled to the frame and in communication with the electronic controller. The drivetrain assembly includes an electric motor configured to selectively drive the rear wheel. A battery selectively provides power to the drivetrain assembly. A clutch is coupled to the handlebar and is in communication with the electronic controller. The clutch is configured to be actuated by an operator to proportionally increase or decrease power to the drivetrain assembly electronically.

[B62J] CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (registration plates B60R 13/10; cyclometers, i.e. wheel-revolution counters, G01C 22/00)

Rotor control for a convertible aircraft
Patent No. 12552526

Inventor(s): Brian Anderson (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18441883 on 02/14/2024 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes a body having a fuselage and a wing assembly, a main shaft supported for rotation with respect to the body about a rotor axis, and a blade assembly coupled to the main shaft for corotation therewith. The blade assembly includes a rotor hub and a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced about the rotor hub. Each blade is coupled to the rotor hub for rotation about a respective blade axis. The aircraft includes a pitch control system coupled to the blade assembly to rotate each blade about the respective blade axis. The pitch control system includes a slider, a swashplate, a first actuator coupled to the slider, and a second actuator operable to rotate the swashplate assembly with respect to the slider.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Proprotor lockout systems for tiltrotor aircraft
Patent No. 12552528

Inventor(s): Brady Garrett Atkins (Euless, TX), Gilberto Morales (Arlington, TX), Grant Michael Beall (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18611187 on 03/20/2024 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lockout system for an aircraft having a rotor assembly. The lockout system includes a drive shaft coupled to and rotatable with the rotor assembly, a nonrotating airframe structure disposed proximate the drive shaft and a lock assembly having first and second lock members. The first lock member is rotatable with the drive shaft and includes a plurality of bearing assemblies. The second lock member is coupled to the nonrotating airframe structure and includes a cradle having a plurality of asymmetric slots each with a leading ramp and a trailing stop. The lock assembly has a disengaged position in which rotation of the drive shaft is allowed and an engaged position in which each of the bearing assemblies is seated within one of the asymmetric slots to prevent rotation of the drive shaft. The lock assembly is actuatable between the engaged and disengaged positions.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Antenna measurement using unmanned aerial vehicles
Patent No. 12552559

Inventor(s): Michael Scott Probasco (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17949994 on 09/21/2022 (1245 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for testing a radio transmitter includes multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The multiple UAVs are deployed in the environment surrounding the radio transmitter, enabling simultaneous measurement of the signal emitted by the radio transmitter at multiple points in a variety of configurations. In some implementations, one of the UAVs can be configured as a control unit that facilitates communication between the radio transmitter and the remaining UAVs. In this manner, measurements can be transmitted from the UAVs to the transmitter in real-time. These measurements can then be used as feedback to quickly adjust the radio transmission or reception or to update the flight pattern of the UAVs.

[B64U] UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

Packaging container for automotive tensioner kit
Patent No. 12552578

Inventor(s): Joel Thompson (Southlake, TX), Patrick Mulholland (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Automotive Tensioners Inc. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Phillips Murrah PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18606234 on 03/15/2024 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container for automotive tensioner replacement kits having at least three separate dividers for individually holding a tensioner, one or more pulleys, and associated hardware wherein the dividers may be constructed with one or more notches adapted to secure a serpentine belt from being undesirably deformed in shipping and handling while also holding components in a protected manner.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Apparatus and method for a free-spinning wire dispensing reel
Patent No. 12552634

Inventor(s): John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Hawkins, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18431928 on 02/03/2024 (745 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing wire or cable from a reel assembly. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly for dispensing wire from any surface. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly and the external bay. The external bay is capable of freely rotation relative to the outer flange assembly and the inner flange assembly. In another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. In yet another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

Hands free advance control for material handling vehicle
Patent No. 12552650

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Nicole Davidson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Bastian Solutions, LLC (Indianapolis, IN)
Law Firm: Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves Wagner, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18540043 on 12/14/2023 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system has been developed to facilitate hands-free autonomous control of material handling equipment or vehicles, such as forklifts and pallet trucks. The system has been designed to facilitate visual tracking by the automated vehicle and further facilitates voice commands. In some use cases, visual tracking is only used, and in other cases only voice commands are used. In other cases, both visual tracking and voice commands are used to control the material handling vehicle. For visual tracking, one or more cameras are configured to capture one or more images of a fiducial. In one case, the vehicle moves, turns, and/or stops based on the movement of the fiducial. For voice control, the operator provides voice commands via a voice controller. The voice controller converts the voice commands to vehicle control commands that are sent to a remote receiver unit (RRU) in the vehicle.

[B66F] HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD (mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B 17/00; scaffolds combined with lifting devices E04G 1/22, E04G 3/28; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G 11/24; lifting of buildings E04G 23/06; shores or struts E04G 25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C 7/12; props for mining E21D 15/00)

Methods and systems for air purification
Patent No. 12553627

Inventor(s): Phani Yenugu (Mason, OH), Susarla Subrahmanyam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): WOWBREEZE, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Quarles Brady LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18468093 on 09/15/2023 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air purifier that includes a front and a rear housing, a power supply that is in communication with a controller, a fan, and an air purifying assembly that is within the rear housing and includes a first air filter, a second air filter, a UV light, an odor absorber, and a fragrance diffuser. Further, the first air filter is restrained vertically within the rear housing using a first set of filter holders that define a first filter holder axis and are attached to a right side and a left side of the rear housing and the second air filter is restrained at an offset angle to the first air filter within the rear housing using a second set of filter holders that define a second filter holder axis and are attached to the right side and the left side of the rear housing.

[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B, by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges B04B; vortex apparatus B04C; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B 9/02) [5]

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Roofing shingle system and starter roofing shingles for use therein
Patent No. 12553241

Inventor(s): Luis Duque (Hackensack, NJ), Lyan Ortiz (Waxahachie, TX), Nicholas Soto (Waxahachie, TX), Thomas Lowrey (Waxahachie, TX), Todd Weiner (Dumont, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19220584 on 05/28/2025 (265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system includes a roofing substrate, a starter course of starter roofing shingles adhered to the roofing substrate, and a first course of roofing shingles vertically adjacent to the starter course. At least one starter roofing shingle of the starter course includes a first sealant line disposed on the front surface of the at least one starter roofing shingle that extends substantially across the length of the front surface of the at least one starter roofing shingle, and a second sealant line disposed on the back surface of the at least one starter roofing shingle that extends substantially across the length of the back surface of the at least one starter roofing shingle. The first sealant line is positioned opposite to the second sealant line at substantially the same distance along the width of the at least one starter roofing shingle.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Leveling clip and tile leveling device for use of same
Patent No. 12553246

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18354280 on 07/18/2023 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A leveling clip and tile leveling device for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling clip includes a body defining an opening that is configured to accept a wedge device thereat. Tapered legs extend from the body and join a base at a base to body coupling. The base extends to a front and a rear of the body. The base to body coupling includes a frangible breakaway section that is integral prior to frangible separation and the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separates the body from the base. The leveling clip may be used with the wedge device to install two, three, or four tiles.

[E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

Accessory filtration system for swimming pools
Patent No. 12553250

Inventor(s): Jimmie Nathan Wooten (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Eastman IP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18301140 on 04/14/2023 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: An accessory pool filter system prevents larger debris from entering the pool”s primary filter and potentially interfering with its operation. The system includes a bucket-shaped body with an inlet near the top, a straining basket inside, and an outlet near the bottom. The inlet is connected to an intake hose, and the outlet is connected to an outlet hose, which in turn connects to the pool”s main filtration system. The apparatus uses the suction created by the pool filtration system”s pump to draw water through the intake hose and pass it through the strainer before it continues on through the inlet to the pool”s main filtration system. As the water passes through the system, larger debris is trapped in the basket, thereby preventing it from clogging up the lines of the pool”s main filtration system.

[E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]

Door system and components thereof
Patent No. 12553277

Inventor(s): Timothy Chad Crenshaw (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Love That Door, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18732307 on 06/03/2024 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed certain embodiments of a double door system comprising a first door having a first interior mullion with a first astragal formed on an interior face of the first interior mullion; and a second door having a second interior mullion with a second astragal formed on an exterior face of the second interior mullion. Other improvements may include the use of magnetic weather stripping which can be formed to fit curve doors and the use of removable decorative panels.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Production wellbore deflector-less multilateral system using a guidance sub
Patent No. 12553287

Inventor(s): Jacob Dale Ford (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18625533 on 04/03/2024 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a guidance sub to be attached to a tubular string for conveyance of the tubular string in a multilateral wellbore. The guidance sub comprises an articulating buoyancy structure that comprises multiple buoyancy links comprised of a buoyant material such that the articulating buoyancy structure is to have a buoyancy within a well fluid that is downhole in a primary wellbore, wherein the multiple buoyancy links are coupled together such that joints are formed between the multiple buoyancy links to allow movement between adjacent buoyancy links of the multiple buoyancy links, wherein the articulating buoyance structure is configured to direct guidance sub out of a multilateral window from a main bore and into a lateral bore of the multilateral wellbore.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Tubing anchor with locking lug ring
Patent No. 12553301

Inventor(s): Graham Chenault (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Silver Fox Completion Services, Inc (Red Deer County, , CA)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19237563 on 06/13/2025 (249 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a general aspect, a tubing anchor and methods of operation are described. In some examples, a tubing anchor includes a tubular conduit that has a mating component. The tubing anchor also includes a gripping assembly; tapered members; a compression spring; a friction assembly; and a guide body comprising a receptacle track. The tubing anchor also includes a lug ring around the tubular conduit. The lug ring can rotate with rotation of the tubular conduit, and the lug ring has an outward protruding lug that can move within the receptacle track between a set position and an unset position. The tubing anchor also includes a lock member connected to the lug ring. The lock member can engage the mating component of the tubular conduit to prevent the lug ring from returning to the set position when the lug ring has been sheared from the tubular conduit.

Expandable metal gas lift mandrel plug
Patent No. 12553307

Inventor(s): Rutger Evers (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16906345 on 06/19/2020 (2069 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a gas lift mandrel plug for use in a wellbore. In one embodiment, a gas lift mandrel plug may comprise an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the elongate member comprises a metal sealant configured to expand in response to hydrolysis, and wherein the elongate member is configured to seal a side pocket of a wellbore tubular in response to hydrolysis.

Sealing assembly employing a deployable spacer
Patent No. 12553308

Inventor(s): Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18494270 on 10/25/2023 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sealing assembly, a well system, and a method. The sealing assembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and a sealing element positioned about the mandrel. The sealing element, in this aspect, includes a first sealing element portion and a second sealing element portion, and a deployable spacer positioned between the first sealing element portion and the second sealing element portion. The sealing assembly, according to this aspect, further includes a first collar sleeve coupled proximate a first end of the sealing element, and a second collar sleeve coupled proximate a second end of the sealing element.

Adjustable whipstock isolation mechanism
Patent No. 12553309

Inventor(s): Aihua Liang (Carrollton, TX), Christian Alexander Ramirez (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18492307 on 10/23/2023 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an anchoring/sealing subassembly, a well system, and a method. The anchoring/sealing subassembly, in one aspect, includes an isolation element mandrel, and an isolation element positioned about the isolation element mandrel. The anchoring/sealing subassembly, in one aspect, further includes a shear mandrel coupled to the isolation element mandrel, and a ratch latch body coupled to the isolation element. The anchoring/sealing subassembly, in one aspect; additionally includes a row of radially spaced apart slip ring shear feature openings located in a slip ring, and a row of radially spaced apart shear mandrel shear feature openings located in an isolation element mandrel, the row of slip ring shear feature openings and the row of shear mandrel shear feature openings operable to receive ones of shear features to shearingly couple the slip ring and the isolation element mandrel together.

Autonomous flow control systems having bypass functionality
Patent No. 12553312

Inventor(s): Liang Zhao (Allen, TX), Xinqi Rong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Floway Innovations, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18894942 on 09/24/2024 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole fluid flow control system positionable in a wellbore. The flow control system includes a completion string with a plurality of flow control tubulars and at least one bypass tubular positioned therein. Each of the flow control tubulars includes at least one autonomous inflow control device configured to allow production of a formation fluid when the formation fluid is a desired fluid and to choke production of the formation fluid when the formation fluid is an undesired fluid. The at least one bypass tubular includes at least one bypass valve that is operated from a closed position to an open position to provide a path for the formation fluid to bypass the autonomous inflow control devices.

Debris removal apparatus with self cleaning filter assembly, well system and method of use
Patent No. 12553314

Inventor(s): Austin Lee Wright (Carrollton, TX), Nicholas Albert Kuo (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18675812 on 05/28/2024 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides a downhole debris removal apparatus, a method for operating a downhole debris removal apparatus, and a well system including the same. The downhole debris removal apparatus, in one aspect, includes an inner pipe positioned within a tubular, and a filtration member substantially encircling the inner pipe. The downhole debris removal apparatus, in this aspect, further includes a cleaning assembly positioned radially about at least a portion of the filtration member, the cleaning assembly configured to move relative to the filtration member to dislodge particulate matter from the filtration member.

Method of controlling tensile-splitting and hydro-shearing parameters during completion of enhanced geothermal system wells
Patent No. 12553325

Inventor(s): Abdell Wadood M El-Rabaa (Plano, TX), David Lynn Copeland (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19226414 on 06/03/2025 (259 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for geothermal energy production wherein multiple horizontal or vertical wells may be used to pass fluids through the Earth from an injector well to a producer well through induced cracks, splits, fractures, conduits, or channels in the rock. Such methods and systems may include controlling tensile-split conduits in a subterranean geothermal formation by providing an injection well, providing a production well, configuring the injection well for injection of a tensile-splitting fluid into a production zone, configuring the production well to produce a heated fluid from the production zone, applying pressure to the production well, creating a plurality of tensile-split conduits, raising or lowering the pressure in the production well, establishing fluid communication between the injection well and the production well, and producing the heated fluid to the surface.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Universal coupling system and method of use
Patent No. 12553461

Inventor(s): Ian R Brown (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19242081 on 06/18/2025 (244 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupling system includes an upper housing with a body with an elongated axis; a plurality of slots extending through the body; and a plurality of locking members slidingly engaged within each of the plurality of slots, the plurality of locking members are configured to move in a direction away from the elongated axis of the body. A lower housing integrally attached to the upper housing, the lower housing having a cavity; and a first grip disposed with the housing.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Self-sealing gears assembly with adapter
Patent No. 12553508

Inventor(s): Charles Jared Ott (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18807753 on 08/16/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spring-loaded cap mechanism includes an annular cap having a rotational axis and adapted to bear against a drive-shaft adapter and a spring positioned opposite the drive-shaft adapter and that axially biases the annular cap in a linear direction against the drive-shaft adapter responsive to engagement of the drive-shaft adapter with the annular cap.

[F16H] GEARING

Tensioner and method of using same
Patent No. 12553550

Inventor(s): Christopher Hebert (Alberta, , CA)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17526932 on 11/15/2021 (1555 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tensioner may assist in coupling two pipe flanges. The tensioner may include a body and a piston. The body may include a central longitudinal axis, a pair of fastener holes extending through the body in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and a piston housing having an inner bore disposed about the central longitudinal axis. The piston housing may be provided between the pair of fastener holes. An axial end of the piston housing may define a distal end of the body. The piston may be at least partially disposed in the inner bore of the piston housing. The piston may be axially moveable parallel to the central longitudinal axis through an opening of the inner bore at the distal end of the body.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly
Patent No. 12553683

Inventor(s): Brent EuDaly (Centerville, KS)
Assignee(s): Elastic Precision, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AVEK IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18536587 on 12/12/2023 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A toy gun having a pair of sides are joined together using a number of pins inserted through pin holes passing through the pair of sides. A trigger and a slide are sandwiched between the pair of sides and are secured therein. A pivot pin allows the trigger to be pulled rearwardly such that it presses against the slide, moving it reward as well. When this occurs, the slide moves out from between the two sides, pushing the elastic bands away from static notches located on the rear end of the sides. This causes the top-most elastic band to fire away from the gun, and the remaining elastic bands to be reseated upwardly into the next adjacent respective static notch. The elastic bands pull the trigger back into its original position, allowing for semi-automatic firing.

[F41B] WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K 81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B 65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B 65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B 69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H 33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B 6/00)

P H Y S I C S

Gear reaction derived torque measurement
Patent No. 12552544

Inventor(s): Austin Thomas Mcintire (Fort Worth, TX), Brian Joseph Roppolo (Fort Worth, TX), Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18507774 on 11/13/2023 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotorcraft propulsion system includes a mast coupled to a rotor assembly, a gear coupled to the mast, the gear during use producing an axial reaction force, a flexure shaft extending from the gear, where the flexure shaft does not rotate with the gear and the flexure shaft flexes in response to radial loads from the gear, and a load cell on the flexure shaft to measure the axial reaction force.

[G01L] MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) [4]

System and method for providing a safe path for an occupant of a vehicle to utilize after exiting the vehicle
Patent No. 12553722

Inventor(s): Hideki Hada (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18444880 on 02/19/2024 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and other embodiments for providing a safe path for an occupant of a vehicle to utilize after exiting the vehicle. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, based on vehicle sensor data, a safe path from a vehicle parked at a parking location to a destination for an occupant of the vehicle to utilize after exiting the vehicle and provide information regarding the safe path to the occupant of the vehicle.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

System, method and apparatus for lading measurement in a rail car
Patent No. 12553759

Inventor(s): Corey D. Wills (Berryton, KS), Darrell Robert Krueger (Lecompton, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18581128 on 02/19/2024 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a truck having wheels for engaging a railroad track, a bolster supported by the truck, and a tank supported by the bolster for storing a lading. A measurement system measures the level of the lading within the tank and includes gauges and a controller. The gauges are disposed at selected points on the bolster for sensing at least one of lateral and longitudinal localized displacement experienced by the bolster during motion of the rail vehicle. The controller calculates the level of the lading within the tank and compensates for changes in the level of the lading during motion of the rail vehicle in response to signals generated by the gauges.

[G01F] MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME [5]

Conversion of long cell data to short cell equivalent
Patent No. 12553871

Inventor(s): Akinde F Kadjo (Arlington, TX), Charles Phillip Shelor (Arlington, TX), Purnendu K Dasgupta (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Maynard Nexsen PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17226813 on 04/09/2021 (1775 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of converting longer path cell signal data to shorter path cell signal data comprising: obtaining a longer path absorbance signal tracing and a shorter path absorbance signal tracing for at least one analyte band under the same conditions; obtaining an approximate superimposable match between the longer path absorbance signal tracing and the shorter path absorbance signal tracing using an amplitude scaling factor and one or more parameters derived from a dispersion model that accounts for dispersion differences between a short cell and a long cell; and applying the dispersion model in reverse using the derived parameters to future longer path absorbance signal traces from the longer path cell signal data to generate the shorter path cell signal data.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Method of detecting presense of an object using a time of flight sensor
Patent No. 12554016

Inventor(s): Donald Baxter (Stirling, , GB), Edward Hawkins (Edinburgh, , GB), Olivier Pothier (Sceaux, , FR), Philippe Legeard (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): STMicroeletronics Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17554825 on 12/17/2021 (1523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method can be used to detect the presence an object within a field of view of a time-of-flight sensor. A histogram generated by the time-of-flight sensor is obtained. The histogram includes a number of bins associating a number of detected photons to a given acquisition time. A portion of the bins of the histogram is transformed into points in a transformed domain that features a first area containing only points associated to bins representative of the presence of the object and a second area having only points associated to bins not representative of the presence of the object. The bins of the histogram representative of the presence of the object are identified from the points located in the first area.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Alterable optical structures
Patent No. 12554117

Inventor(s): Greg Alan Radighieri (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, SC)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18188198 on 03/22/2023 (1063 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are alterable optical structures. Also described herein are methods of altering same.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Ophthalmic lens configured to exhibit a clear state and optionally a dark state
Patent No. 12554149

Inventor(s): Ilya Bolshakov (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17923371 on 05/04/2021 (1750 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses configured to exhibit a clear state and optionally at least one darker state by means of a substrate which may advantageously be photochromic or electrochromic. The ophthalmic lenses may especially be spectacle lenses providing in said clear state a sufficient light transmittance together with an acceptable light reflectance for the wearer, and advantageously forming in said at least one darker state a solar spectacle lens (i.e. for sunglasses) having a mirror front surface providing a mirror effect for the observer.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Creating an interface between a control system and an electronic eyemounted ocular device on pre-existing eyeglasses
Patent No. 12554150

Inventor(s): Christian Gutierrez (South San Francisco, CA), Dimitri Azar (South San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113321 on 02/23/2023 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular system can be used with commercial eyeglasses to interface with an electronic eye-mounted ocular device and used to control and/or actuate the electronic eye-mounted ocular device, exchange data with the electronic eye-mounted ocular device, and/or charge the electronic eye-mounted ocular device. The modular system includes an electroactive stick-on component attachable to a portion of an eyeglasses lens; and an electronic system attachable to an eyeglass frame in electrical communication with the electroactive stick-on component.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Pellicle comprising silicon carbide nanostructure and related devices and methods
Patent No. 12554193

Inventor(s): Amelia Heather-Sarah Church Hart (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ENTEGRIS, INC. (Billerica, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18071296 on 11/29/2022 (1176 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are pellicles for use in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, the pellicles comprising silicon carbide nanostructures, and exhibiting high transmittance of EUV exposure light and high mechanical strength, as well as methods of using these pellicles.

[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography, sensitive layers or processes G03G)

Systems and methods for generating robotic process automation (RPA) via documentation
Patent No. 12554249

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18103838 on 01/31/2023 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: Documentation may be used to automatically create a set of scripts to be executed by a robotic process automation system. A machine learning engine may be used to identify patterns in a first documentation and to then derive a flowchart descriptive of a documented process, subprocess, or combination thereof. The flowchart is compiled into a script executable by the robotic process automation system.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Wearable keyboard for electronic devices
Patent No. 12554336

Inventor(s): Swapnil Bora (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18129555 on 03/31/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wearable input device can be worn by a user on one or more fingers. The wearable input device includes a ring and a keyboard. The ring includes a frame defining a space to receive a finger of the user. The keyboard is attached to the frame. In some embodiments, the keyboard is removably attached to the frame. The user wears the wearable input device on the one or more fingers and uses the keyboard to communicate with one or more application devices communicatively coupled with the keyboard.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Display device
Patent No. 12554358

Inventor(s): Masahiro Teramoto (Mobara, , JP)
Assignee(s): Paneltouch Technologies LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Cherskov Flaynik Gurda, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18671462 on 05/22/2024 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A touch panel-equipped display device includes an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel and an organic EL display panel. The touch panel includes a transparent insulating substrate, a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and extending at least in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes formed on the substrate and extending at least in the second direction that intersects the first direction, and a plurality of wirings provided in a peripheral area of the substrate. The plurality of wirings are electrically connected to the first electrodes and the second electrodes respectively. The first electrodes include a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed. The first portion is formed on a layer different from that on which the second portion and the second electrodes are formed.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Method for performing random read access to a block of data using parallel LUT read instruction in vector processors
Patent No. 12554502

Inventor(s): Dipan Kumar Mandal (Bangalore, , IN), Jayasree Sankaranarayanan (Kerala, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18754455 on 06/26/2024 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to the problem of paralleling random read access within a reasonably sized block of data for a vector SIMD processor. The invention sets up plural parallel look up tables, moves data from main memory to each plural parallel look up table and then employs a look up table read instruction to simultaneously move data from each parallel look up table to a corresponding part a vector destination register. This enables data processing by vector single instruction multiple data (SIMD) operations. This vector destination register load can be repeated if the tables store more used data. New data can be loaded into the original tables if appropriate. A level one memory is preferably partitioned as part data cache and part directly addressable memory. The look up table memory is stored in the directly addressable memory.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Service creation and management
Patent No. 12554528

Inventor(s): Paul Edward Smith, Jr. (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ATLASSIAN US, INC. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18671948 on 05/22/2024 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Real time optimization apparatus using quantum non-fungible token contract ranking for dynamic code evolution
Patent No. 12554550

Inventor(s): Rama Venkata Kavali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18135244 on 04/17/2023 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: A quantum computing platform may train, using historical workload information, a non-fungible token contract (NFTC) model. The computing platform may receive, from a workload processing system, a data feed indicating current workload information. The computing platform may generate container configuration outputs comprising configurations for performing batch processing of the data feed. The computing platform may input the container configuration outputs into the NFTC model to select an optimal batch configuration for the batch processing of the data feed by: 1) ranking, based on optimization criteria, the container configuration outputs, and 2) selecting a highest ranked container configuration output of the container configuration outputs. The computing platform may send, to the workload processing system, the optimal batch configuration and commands directing the workload processing system to process the data feed using the optimal batch configuration, which may cause the workload processing system to process the data feed accordingly.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Evicting a cache line with pending control request
Patent No. 12554648

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18741235 on 06/12/2024 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and techniques for evicting a cache line with pending control request are described herein. A memory requestthat includes an address corresponding to a set of cache linescan be received. A determination can be made that a cache line of the set of cache lines will be evicted to process the memory request. Another determination can be made that a control request has been made to a host from the memory device and that the control request pending when it is determined that the cache line will be evicted. Here, a counter corresponding to the set of cache lines can be incremented (e.g., by one) to track the pending control request in face of eviction. Then, the cache line can be evicted.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Robust methods for automated management of distributed systems
Patent No. 12554676

Inventor(s): Jose Javier Castanon de la Vega (Irving, TX), Pranita Santosh Patil (Irving, TX), Ravi Padarthi (Irving, TX), Richard Eric Lawton (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19078243 on 03/12/2025 (342 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed comprising instructions to receive a snapshot of data artifacts corresponding to a user of a plurality of runtime applications prior to upload at a remote database, access an assigned set of constraint parameters that defines acceptable content elements of data artifacts, determine a first set of non-compliant content elements of each data artifact that fail to satisfy a first subset of the set of constraint parameters, determine a second set of non-compliant content elements of each data artifact that fail to satisfy a second subset of the set of constraint parameters, generate a content sensitivity score indicating management risk for each data artifact, identify a set of critical data artifacts corresponding to content sensitivity scores that fail to satisfy a risk tolerance threshold, and transmit a notification alert to the user indicating content review of at least one identified critical data artifact from the snapshot.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for query optimization
Patent No. 12554712

Inventor(s): Chris Gallucci (Plano, TX), Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, TX), Nikitha Kondapally (Frisco, TX), Prerna Kandhari (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19024488 on 01/16/2025 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for query optimization may include capturing a proposed database query input into a user interface. The method may further include providing the proposed database query to a machine-learning model. The machine-learning model may have been trained, using one or more gathered and/or simulated sets of query execution overhead data and one or more gathered and/or simulated sets of database queries, to determine a potential execution overhead of a database query and output a query execution score. The method may further include outputting, by the machine-learning model, the query execution score based on the proposed database query. The method may further include determining that the query execution score exceeds a query execution score threshold. The method may further include triggering a corrective action based on the query execution score exceeding the query execution score threshold.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and systems for generating recommendations in cloud-based data warehousing system
Patent No. 12554736

Inventor(s): Naga Venkata Sriram Vadakattu (Frisco, TX), Naveen Kumar Kilaru (Little Elm, TX), Nicole Ann Luo (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18984266 on 12/17/2024 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media used by a cloud data management system for collecting data from accounts hosted by a cloud-based data storage system on different cloud platforms or in different cloud regions of a cloud platform. Collection of data in the multi-cloud platform and/or multi-cloud region environments may be facilitated by the on-demand creation of one or more data collection accounts. Based on the collected data, one or more recommendations, notifications, or alerts associated with usage of the data storage system may be generated.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data
Patent No. 12554745

Inventor(s): Andreas Buchmann (Stuttgart, , DE), Derek Howard (Columbia, MO), Krista Galyen (Columbia, MO), Ned Stone (Dallas, TX), Paxton Riter (Dallas, TX), Sam Foster (Dallas, TX), Whitney Kilgore (Valley View, TX)
Assignee(s): iDesignEDU, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18977455 on 12/11/2024 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for data storage and retrieval from a computer memory. A computing device may store a first hierarchical data structure having a first sequence of sub-data structures and a second hierarchical data structure having a second sequence of sub-data structures in memory. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure together. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure by inserting an identifier of a sub-data structure of the second sequence in the first sequence.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Loading content using configuration-based templates
Patent No. 12554791

Inventor(s): Venkata Sudharsan Dasa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18599621 on 03/08/2024 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive, from a user device associated with an entity, a request identifying a content unit that is to be loaded into an electronic document. The device may transmit, via a first service, a configuration request for configuration data for the content unit. The device may receive, via the first service, the configuration data. The device may transmit, via a second service, a data request for entity-specific data for the content unit. The device may receive, via the second service, the entity-specific data. The device may transmit, for the user device, a response indicating presentation data to cause insertion of the content unit, in accordance with the presentation data, into a document object model of the electronic document, where the presentation data is based on the configuration data and the entity-specific data.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Identifying atypical activity involving an entity in a computer system
Patent No. 12554846

Inventor(s): Manu Nandan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Crowdstrike, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Law Firm: Elliott, Ostrander Preston, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18789389 on 07/30/2024 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: Timestamped events involving entities occurring over a time period are maintained in a graph where each node represents a respective entity and edges connected to a node represent corresponding timestamped events involving the entity represented by the node. A respective array of values corresponding to the edges is created for each node. A number of embedding vectors is created for each node, each comprising numerical values corresponding to a portion of the respective array of values for the node for a portion of the time period of timestamped events involving the entity represented by the node. Similarity is measured in the numerical values of one of the embedding vectors relative to the numerical values of another one or more of the embedding vectors obtained for the node. An action is taken with regard to the entity represented by the node responsive to the measured similarity.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Machine learning-based down selection of candidate hotspot locations of circuit designs
Patent No. 12554913

Inventor(s): Le Hong (Benicia, CA), Yuansheng Ma (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18002110 on 07/08/2020 (2050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include the steps of accessing an input data set of hotspot locations on manufactured circuits of a circuit design. The hotspot locations may be confirmed through a high precision imaging process from a set of candidate locations of the circuit design determined by a low precision imaging process. The method may further include correlating the hotspot locations to layout data for the circuit design, extracting fragment feature vectors for the hotspot locations from optical proximity correction (OPC) fragments of the layout data, processing the fragment feature vectors, providing the processed fragment feature vectors as a training set for training a machine-learning model, and applying the machine-learning model to down select a different set of candidate locations determined by the low precision imaging process.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Automatic identification of, and responding to, cognition impairment
Patent No. 12555033

Inventor(s): Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, TX), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558333 on 12/21/2021 (1519 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a cognition analysis and response system that can A) generate machine learning training data and use it to build a cognitive impairment machine learning model; B) identify cognitive impairments by applying the cognitive impairment machine learning model and performing a false positive/false negative analysis; and C) apply various automated adaptive measures for users with identified cognitive impairment. The cognition analysis and response system can apply the cognitive impairment machine learning model and can analyze these results to identify false positive and false negative cognitive impairment determinations by analyzing result confidence values, determining whether the result matches an expected progression of cognitive impairment, and/or analyzing external factors which may have caused incorrect results. The cognition analysis and response system can then validate or invalidate the result or exclude or apply weighting factors to parts of the input before regenerating the result.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Apparatus for evaluating and improving response, method and computer readable recording medium thereof
Patent No. 12555040

Inventor(s): Beom Su Kim (Seoul, , KR), Bu Ru Chang (Seoul, , KR), Seung Ju Han (Seoul, , KR)
Assignee(s): Hyperconnect LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18051430 on 10/31/2022 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for evaluating and improving responses, and a method and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The apparatus for evaluating responses according to the present disclosure obtains cluster classifying information for training responses, and based on distribution of clusters to which test responses output from the dialogue generation model are classified, evaluate semantic diversity of the responses output from the dialogue generation model.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Systems and methods for a user interface for making recommendations
Patent No. 12555086

Inventor(s): Joshua Edwards (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18222791 on 07/17/2023 (946 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an application programming interface, a database, and a server. The application programming interface can make recommendations to a user at a point of sale to display a recommended payment method from a set of payment methods associated with the user. The database can store past transactions for each payment method in the set of payment methods. The server can generate payment analytics by analyzing the past transactions in the database for each payment method. The server can determine potential benefits available to the user. The server can determine the recommended payment method by using the payment analytics and maximizing the potential benefits available to the user.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Extended reality account management with iris scanner biometric authentication
Patent No. 12555111

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402288 on 08/13/2021 (1649 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an account management system, with biometric authentication. implementing user account actions via an extended reality device. A biometric authentication scheme can use an eyeprint (e.g., images or videos of the user”s eyes) made using an eye scanner equipped on a head mounted extended reality device. In some embodiments, the images or videos include a pattern of eye gazing and/or a rate and degree of pupil dilation in response to light stimulus. An eyeprint password, based on the eyeprint, is compared to an expected template password established prior to the request of the user account action. The biometric authentication is applied as gating an account action performed from a user account, such as authorization of a transfer of account objects or categorization of account objects.

Artificial intelligence for animal identification and item recommendation
Patent No. 12555157

Inventor(s): Evgeny Shevtsov (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18176983 on 03/01/2023 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for improved animal recognition and recommendations. One or more images of an animal associated with a user are captured at a check-in kiosk of an enterprise. A unique identifier of the animal is determined by processing the one or more images using an animal recognition machine learning model. One or more records indicating characteristics of the animal are accessed based on the unique identifier, and one or more recommended items for the animal are generated based on processing the one or more records using an artificial intelligence system. One or more physical locations of the one or more recommended items in the enterprise are determined, and one or more indications of the one or more physical locations are output to facilitate user navigation to the one or more physical locations of the one or more recommended items in the enterprise.

Locally-adaptive multi-scale image enhancement
Patent No. 12555209

Inventor(s): Hamid Rahim Sheikh (Allen, TX), John William Glotzbach (Allen, TX), Zeeshan Nadir (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426063 on 01/29/2024 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes downsampling an input frame and performing global contrast enhancement of the input frame based on the downsampled input frame to generate a globally contrast-enhanced frame. The method also includes generating texture maps at different scale resolutions based on the downsampled input frame. The method further includes generating clipped histograms at the different scale resolutions based on the downsampled input frame. The method also includes generating lookup tables (LUTs) at the different scale resolutions based on the texture maps and the clipped histograms. The method further includes applying the LUTs at the different scale resolutions to the input frame in order to generate locally contrast-enhanced frames. In addition, the method includes blending the locally contrast-enhanced frames and the globally contrast-enhanced frame to generate an output frame.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Deterministic object alignment for background removal
Patent No. 12555253

Inventor(s): Gregory Lee Hewett (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18102900 on 01/30/2023 (1114 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device may obtain a user-free first image of a background portion of a physical environment including a deterministic object. The device may then locate the deterministic object in a second image of the physical environment. The device may then generate, based on the deterministic object, an alignment between the user-free first image and the second image. The device may then use the alignment for background removal in subsequent images of the physical environment.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Rapid generation of custom-fit garment patterns from 3D body scans
Patent No. 12555341

Inventor(s): Jie Pei (Greenville, TX)
Assignee(s): CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, NY)
Law Firm: Scully, Scott, Murphy Presser, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18566240 on 06/03/2022 (1355 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, device, system and one or more computer readable media having one or more computer programs with instructions to generate custom-fit garment patterns from a 3D body scan are disclosed. The patterns may be obtained by unwrapping the 3D body scan (3D image) into 2D using defined datapoints associated with the surface of a body in a target region. Patterns may be generated for different types of garments. The custom-fit garment patterns generated from the 3D body scan may be basic patterns, which may be further customized or modified as desired.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Determining and analyzing structured attribute data for physical systems based on a digital map
Patent No. 12555403

Inventor(s): Justin Davis Wong (Plano, TX), Michael Fischman (Frisco, TX), Scott Michael Brandt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Vigilante Strategy LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19048172 on 02/07/2025 (375 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a general aspect, structured attribute data for physical systems is generated based on a digital map. In some implementations, a system receives a digital map representing a physical system. The system performs a set of image processing operations using the digital map as input. The system determines a set of points representing points of interest within the physical system. The system determines a set of zones defined with respect to the digital map. The system calculates distances between the set of points and the set of zones. The system creates a structured dataset that includes entries for each zone in the set of zones, wherein each entry includes zone attributes corresponding to a respective zone in the set of zones. The system determines and outputs a ranking of the entries of the structured dataset based on a set of weights corresponding to zone attributes of the structured dataset.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Camera equipped controller device
Patent No. 12555431

Inventor(s): Tanner Ramsey (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18375185 on 09/29/2023 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: A camera equipped controller device for manual or remote actuation of a garage door opener includes a controller, which can be attached to a wall in a garage and wiredly engaged to a garage door opener for a garage door of the garage. The controller can communicate wirelessly with an electronic device of a user. The controller comprises a manual switch, which can be switched to actuate the garage door, and a camera, which can capture an image of a space defined by the garage. Also included is programming code, which is selectively positionable on the electronic device and which enables the electronic device to receive and to selectively present a status of the garage door and the image captured by the camera. The programming code also enables wireless control of the garage door opener via the controller.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Inclusive intelligence for digital workplace
Patent No. 12555491

Inventor(s): Saisreenath Srinivasan Govindarajan (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SP Global Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Yee Associates, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18466230 on 09/13/2023 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing information to a user is provided. The method comprises receiving input of a selected operating mode and extracting, via an extraction pipeline, data from a number of data sources according to the selected operating mode. The extracted data is fed into a large language model (LLM), and the LLM generates verbal and auditory information for the user based on the data. The LLM conveys the verbal and auditory information to the user via a number of interface products according to the selected operating mode.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

High-fidelity, low-contact data retrieval from legacy tapes
Patent No. 12555596

Inventor(s): Charles Sobey (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ChannelScience, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Scale LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18812449 on 08/22/2024 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for retrieving information from legacy storage media with high fidelity and minimal contact. A read sensor with multiple read elements detects electromagnetic fields from tracks on a storage medium. Readings from different elements are combined to generate a composite interpretation, which can be used to, for example, generate digitized waveforms and determine if portions of tracks are damaged.

[G11B] INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D 9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K 1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B 1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

Systems and methods to perform automatic test pattern generation on multiple memory units in parallel
Patent No. 12555645

Inventor(s): Hrithik Sahni (New Delhi, , IN), Nitesh Mishra (Chakeri, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524526 on 11/30/2023 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may perform sequential automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) on parallel memory units. A first array of logic gates may output enable signals to cause multiple memory units to be enabled in parallel. Test pattern generation and test control logic may perform forward path testing, backward path testing, and any other appropriate testing on the enabled memory units. The systems and methods may then move on to another group of memory units, which are enabled in parallel and tested in parallel.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Optimizing data flow and display in an electronic medical records (EMR) system
Patent No. 12555655

Inventor(s): Van Marshall (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Healthcare Value Analytics, Inc. (Brentwood, TN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18433212 on 02/05/2024 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Health Value Analytics (HVA) system includes an electronic medical record (EMR)/HVA access device in the form of comprising machine instructions for facilitating a physician”s workflow. A processor at a physician”s work terminal executes the machine instructions to connect the terminal with a HVA server and/or an EMR server. The processor sends a medical information request for a patient and information related to characteristics and parameters of the terminal, to one or both the HVA server and the EMR server. The processor receives, in response, an EMR page generated and adapted by the EMR server for display on the terminal. The EMR page displays an electronic medical record of the patient, and one or more HVA data objects generated by the HVA server, after the EMR server adapts the EMR page based on mode information that includes characteristics of the terminal.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

System and method for computing infrastructure and operational restoral through automated dependency mapping
Patent No. 12556441

Inventor(s): Teshager Chanie Biable (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18805804 on 08/15/2024 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for computing infrastructure and operational restoral through automated dependency mapping. In particular, the system may comprise a data repository that may contain aggregated data regarding the various operational and/or infrastructure-related services along with the underlying computing resources that support each service. The data repository may be automatically populated based on monitoring the various computing resources within a network environment. Using an artificial intelligence engine, the system may determine and designate a priority level for each of the services, as well as generate a mapping of dependencies of the services to the computing resources. The system may then automatically determine a sequence in which the underlying computing resources should be restored in order to restore functionality of services in the event of a malfunction. In this way, the system may provide an accurate and expeditious way to restore critical services within a computing environment.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Apparatuses and methods for enhancing quality of service via an exploration of configuration options
Patent No. 12556451

Inventor(s): Maulik Shah (Carrollton, TX), Shomik Pathak (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18680298 on 05/31/2024 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, establishing a first cluster comprising a first plurality of members, identifying a first plurality of values to trial in respect of a first member of the first plurality of members, the first plurality of values being included in a second plurality of values and being less than an entirety of the second plurality of values, performing a first plurality of trials in respect of the first member of the first plurality of members based on iterating amongst the first plurality of values to obtain a first plurality of results, selecting at least one value included in the first plurality of values based on the first plurality of results, and utilizing the at least one value for each member of the first plurality of members of the first cluster. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Mixed media data format and transport protocol
Patent No. 12556598

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: QUALCOMM Incorporated (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18454992 on 08/24/2023 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device for processing media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and a processing system comprising one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: determine one or more user interactions with a virtual scene, each of the one or more user interactions corresponding to a particular media type of one or more media types; construct a packet including data for a media communication session, the packet including header data indicating the one or more media types for the one or more user interactions and one or more attributes for each of the one or more media types; and send the packet to a device involved in the media communication session.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Speech confidentiality monitoring and alerting
Patent No. 12556927

Inventor(s): Matthew Robert Engle (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18417557 on 01/19/2024 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for performing automated eavesdropping detection and remediation. A distance between a first and second wireless client device is determined with reference to a wireless access point based on wireless signals transmitted by the devices. A first and second signal loss are determined with reference to the first and second wireless client devices and the wireless access point. Material properties for any physical structures between the first and second wireless client devices are derived based on the signal losses. A sound attenuation is determined between the first and second wireless client devices based on the material properties. It is determined whether a first user of the first wireless client device can hear audio of a second user of the second wireless client device based on the sound attenuation determined between the first wireless client device and the second wireless client device.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Cathode coated with catalysts and hybrid electrolytes for high-energy density lithium-sulfur (LiS) batteries
Patent No. 12555771

Inventor(s): Sanket Bhoyate (Denton, TX), Wonbong Choi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17713973 on 04/05/2022 (1414 days app to issue)

Abstract: Hybrid electrolyte-catalyst structures including a catalyst material, a solid state electrolyte (SSE) material, and a liquid electrolyte material deposited to form coating layer(s) on carbon materials (e.g., carbon nanotubes) prevent polysulfide shuttling, improve ion flow, and enhance utilization of active materials in lithium-sulfur batteries. For example, a solution including the catalyst material and the solid state electrolyte material may be drop casted on a carbon material or the catalyst material and the solid state electrolyte material may be deposited on the carbon material using a co-sputtering process. The liquid electrolyte material may be deposited on the solid state electrolyte-catalyst coated carbon material to form the hybrid electrolyte-catalyst coating layer(s). Coating a carbon substrate with the hybrid electrolyte-catalysts coating layer(s) can suppress polysulfide shuttling by catalyzing polysulfide reactions. Additionally, the coating layer(s) exhibit synergistic effects of accelerated and uniformly distributed ion flow for use as a carbon nanotube (CNT)-S cathode.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Assembly for base station antenna, phase shifter and the base station antenna
Patent No. 12555904

Inventor(s): Hangsheng Wen (Suzhou, , CN), Pengfei Guo (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17904773 on 03/03/2021 (1812 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assembly for a base station antenna includes a calibration device and at least one phase shifter mounted on the calibration device. The at least one phase shifter is electrically connected to the calibration device without a cable. The phase shifter may be mounted on the calibration device at an angle (e.g., perpendicular to the calibration device).

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Managing renewable energy disruption
Patent No. 12556004

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18376833 on 10/04/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a severity and a duration of a predicted deficiency of a renewable energy source in an area, responsive to the severity being above a first threshold and the duration being above a second threshold, providing stored energy from energy storage units in the area during the duration to overcome a portion of the predicted deficiency, and responsive to the severity being further above a third threshold and the duration being above a fourth threshold, providing stored energy from vehicles in the area during the duration to overcome another portion of the predicted deficiency, wherein the third threshold is greater than the first threshold, and the fourth threshold is greater than the second threshold.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Power efficient receiver architecture
Patent No. 12556210

Inventor(s): Siraj Akhtar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17828524 on 05/31/2022 (1358 days app to issue)

Abstract: Power efficient receiver architectures are described. A receiver includes a first receiver path having a low power consumption compared to a second receiver path with a higher power consumption but a better ability to remove blocking signals. A multiplexer at the output of both receiver paths is used to select the digital bit stream from either the first path or the second path based on whichever path is currently enabled. The first receiver path can be enabled by default until a blocker signal is detected or the received data is invalid. At such an instance, the first receiver path is disabled and the second receiver path is enabled to remove the blocker and read out the data. The second receiver path may then continue to be enabled for a particular number of pings before switching the output back to the first receiver path.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and system for polarization adjusting in time-division duplexing (TDD) or frequency-division duplexing (FDD)
Patent No. 12556230

Inventor(s): Pablo Tacconi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407243 on 08/20/2021 (1642 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, performing, by an adjusting mechanism associated with a communications system, polarization adjusting for an uplink of the communications system, and performing, by the adjusting mechanism, polarization adjusting for a downlink of the communications system, wherein a first polarization of the uplink and a second polarization of the downlink are different. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for robust MIMO transmission
Patent No. 12556244

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Allen, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18777291 on 07/18/2024 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving information about a downlink (DL) transmission transmitted from N[subscript]RRH[/subscript]1 RRHs, wherein: N[subscript]RRH[/subscript]=number of remote radio heads (RRHs), RRH r comprises a group of antenna ports, and r=1, . . . , N[subscript]RRH[/subscript]; receiving the DL transmission; and decoding the information about the DL transmission; wherein the DL transmission is based on a scheme that is a combination of a precoding scheme and a diversity scheme, wherein the precoding scheme corresponds to applying an intra-RRH precoder component to antenna ports within an RRH, and wherein the diversity scheme corresponds to applying an inter-RRH diversity component to antenna ports across RRHs.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Validating the service continuity of deployed fiber serving terminals
Patent No. 12556270

Inventor(s): Kristofer Flores (Allen, TX), Shawn Turner (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18513465 on 11/17/2023 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for validating service continuity of deployed fiber serving terminals in a passive optical network includes broadcasting, from a central office of a passive optical network, a beacon signal to a plurality of beacon responders, wherein each beacon responder of the plurality of beacon responders is connected to a respective fiber serving terminal of a plurality of fiber serving terminals of the passive optical network, changing a counter in response to each response message that is received from the plurality of beacon responders in response to the beacon signal, and generating a report indicating which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are functioning properly and which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are not functioning properly, based on whether a count of the counter is equal to an expected number of responses, after an expiration of a predefined period of time.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Indication of interoperability and deployment tested time-division duplex slot formats
Patent No. 12556353

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18675374 on 05/28/2024 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein are directed towards indicating to a wireless network device which time-division duplex slot patterns (slot formats) are supported by a user equipment device, e.g., which slot patterns have gone through interoperability and deployment testing (IODT) successfully with respect to the type of user equipment device. With the supported slot pattern information, the network can make an intelligent decision on scheduling downlink/uplink ratios, while selecting a slot pattern that the user equipment device is known to support. In one aspect, the technology adds a ”Slot format IODTed” information element in the user equipment device capability information, which the network obtains when the user equipment device reports its capabilities to the network. In another aspect, the network can query the user equipment device for the supported slot format information.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Self-signed certificate
Patent No. 12556409

Inventor(s): Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Yoav Ben-Yehezkel (Netanya, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18336229 on 06/16/2023 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine-readable instructions for a key value generator and a certificate generator. The key value generator is executable by a processor core to concatenate a public key of a certificate issuer with a second value to form a key combination and generate a digest of the key combination to provide a key value. The certificate generator is executable by the processor core to provide a payload of a self-signed certificate for the certificate issuer, replace data in a public key field of the payload with the key value, sign the modified payload with a private key of the certificate issuer to provide a digital signature, remove the key value from the modified payload, and add the digital signature to the self-signed certificate.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Platform for automated management of servers
Patent No. 12556465

Inventor(s): Ashim Kantal (Irving, TX), Sandeep Ravi (Coppell, TX), Sunny Behl (Irving, TX), Suresh Kanyaka Billa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18587290 on 02/26/2024 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for managing networked environments. A computer system may maintain a plurality of process flows to manage a plurality of services in a network. Each respective process flow of the plurality of process flows may identify: (i) a respective trigger to invoke the respective process flow to initiate a first process of a plurality of processes on at least one of the plurality of services. The computing system may select, responsive to detecting a trigger, a process flow from the plurality of process flows based on the trigger. The computing system may execute, in accordance with the process flow, at least one process of the plurality of processes on at least one of the plurality of services in the network.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

User plane congestion control service
Patent No. 12556482

Inventor(s): Jerry Steben (Fort Worth, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725670 on 04/21/2022 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a user plane congestion control service is provided. The service may analyze congestion information of user plane traffic in data sessions associated with a plurality of end devices. The service may include selecting, based on the analyzing, configuration parameters for uplink/downlink traffic mapped to one or more user class values of the end devices. The service may include generating a data session update indicating a modification to the configuration parameters for a user class value.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Method, system, and circuits for RF low-latency, multiple priority communication
Patent No. 12556487

Inventor(s): Maurizio Gentili (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542272 on 12/03/2021 (1537 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, method, and circuitry for utilizing a transmit token to create a floating transmission window for multiple priority data in half-duplex communication systems. A first computing device selects audio data and control data to transmit to a second computing device based on a first low priority for audio data relative to a second high priority for control data and on buffer statuses. In response to the first computing device determining that the first computing device possesses a transmit token, the first computing device transmits the selected audio data and the selected control data to the second computing device. The first computing device then transmits the transmit token to the second computing device. The first computing device then waits for the transmit token to be returned before transmitting more data to the second computing device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for tracking data transferred in a distributed network via secured, layered data tagging
Patent No. 12556519

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18092609 on 01/03/2023 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, computer program products, and methods for tracking data transferred in a distributed network via secured, layered data tagging. A checkpoint sensing engine collects data flow at a checkpoint device and verifies a match between a checkpoint tag of the transaction packet and a checkpoint identifier of the checkpoint device. If no match occurs, the transaction packet it transmitted to a quarantine unit. If a match occurs, a deconstruction engine then removes the checkpoint tag, exposing an underlying second checkpoint tag corresponding with a second checkpoint device. Thereafter, the transaction packet is transmitted to the second checkpoint device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Zero trust authentication and authorization system
Patent No. 12556537

Inventor(s): Andrew Ricchuiti (Dallas, TX), Chengwei Lim (McKinney, TX), Terrence Kelly Mower (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18623851 on 04/01/2024 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a zero trust system may deploy one or more policies for controlling access to a service associated with a first machine entity. The zero trust system may issue a machine identity that uniquely identifies a workload associated with a second machine entity. The zero trust system may receive telemetry data related to interactions between the service associated with the first machine entity and the machine identity that uniquely identifies the workload associated with the second machine entity. The zero trust system may use a machine learning model to detect a security threat associated with the first machine entity and/or the second machine entity according to the telemetry data. The zero trust system may update the one or more policies to remediate the security threat. The zero trust system may provide the one or more updated policies to the first machine entity.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for dynamic vulnerability scoring
Patent No. 12556566

Inventor(s): Pierre-David Oriol (Montreal, , CA), Serge-Olivier Paquette (Montreal, , CA)
Assignee(s): Secureworks Corp. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: IP Spring (Local + 502 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17741943 on 05/11/2022 (1378 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for substantially continuous and dynamic vulnerability scoring. According to the present disclosure, the method includes detecting one or more vulnerabilities. The method includes determining a contextual prioritization score (CPS) for each of the one or more vulnerabilities based on historical data, the historical data including a series of contextual features corresponding to each one of the one or more vulnerabilities. The method may include, in response to detection of an event, determining a partial CPS score by an agent. The method may include, if a new partial CPS is determined, generating an updated CPS based on the CPS and the new partial CPS and transmitting the updated CPS to each of one or more computing devices.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Communication policy compliance evaluator
Patent No. 12556577

Inventor(s): Nicholas O”Reilly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18594148 on 03/04/2024 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to business communication policy compliance. A communication policy compliance evaluator prevents account creation using business emails not authorized to create such accounts by the business domain email owner. The system assists in preventing phishing attacks as users must use personal email addresses for their non-business account creations.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Media resource optimization
Patent No. 12556589

Inventor(s): Derek Underwood (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Tong, Rea, Bentley Kim, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17641846 on 09/24/2019 (2338 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a transceiver to support a media flow involving a user equipment and an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network that are connected via a media path that traverses a first realm associated with the user equipment, a second realm, and a third realm associated with the IMS network. In some cases, the apparatus includes a processor to establish a first context to perform interworking between the first realm and the second realm in response to an offer message from the user equipment. The processor later de-allocates the first context in response to receiving an answer message indicating that a second context performs interworking between the first realm and the third realm. In other cases, the processor bypasses allocation of a context to perform interworking between the second realm and the third realm in response to an indication that the media flow is anchored on an incoming side.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Extending communication services to a consumption device using a proxy device
Patent No. 12556591

Inventor(s): Gautam G. Reddy (Plano, TX), Jayabharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Mathew Oommen (Frisco, TX), Pallavur A. Sankaranaraynan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458352 on 08/30/2023 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for data communications comprising a handset having a processor, a wireless communications device, a speaker and a microphone and one or more software applications operating on the processor that are configured to interface with a voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) service. A wireless access point coupled to the handset through a local wireless communications media and the wireless communications device, the wireless access point further coupled to a long range wireless communications media and configured to interface with a server that provides VoLTE calling functionality.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Editable clock positions in local clock incorporating national content
Patent No. 12556593

Inventor(s): Darren Grant Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640744 on 04/19/2024 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing device includes a communications interface, memory storing a program of instructions, and processor coupled to the communications interface and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the program of instructions to receive a national log via the communications interface, wherein the national log specifies national media items scheduled for broadcast on a plurality of local media stations, and timing information associated with the national media items; incorporate the national media items into local clock positions of a local clock used to generate a local broadcast log, wherein the national media items are incorporated into the local clock based on the timing information associated with the national media items; determine whether one or more clock positions of the local clock are editable clock positions; display at least a portion of the local clock including incorporated national media items; and display indicators denoting the editable clock positions.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for low-latency blockchain processing
Patent No. 12556604

Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX), Salman Ali Danish Mohammed (Wylie, TX), Sammy Alnajar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18639429 on 04/18/2024 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may maintain a local copy of a blockchain that is associated with a blockchain network, receive a first request to perform a blockchain operation with respect to the blockchain, perform the requested blockchain operation with respect to the local copy of the blockchain to generate a first result, and output the first result in response to the first request. The system may output a second request to the blockchain network to perform the blockchain operation, receive a second result from the blockchain network in response to the second request, wherein the second result is generated by the blockchain network based on the blockchain network performing the blockchain operation with respect to the blockchain, wherein the second result is received from the blockchain network after outputting the first result in response to the first request, and maintain information indicating whether the first result matches the second result.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Triggering user interaction workflows over an alternative channel
Patent No. 12556634

Inventor(s): Faith Catherine Platz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345542 on 06/30/2023 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to receiving a user phone call and triggering user interactions via an alternative channel in response to the user phone call. Users may call an account service provider with issues related to a user account. To service such a call, the account service provider may prompt the user for information. This information can be analyzed to determine whether the conditions for the user”s call are aligned with a shift to a more efficient alternative channel. For example, a guided user workflow via a webpage, application, chat agent, etc. may represent a more efficient deployment of organizational resources. When such conditions are aligned, the account service provider may trigger a selected user interaction workflow for the user call via an alternative channel. The user interaction workflow can comprise a guided workflow that is configured to resolve the user”s issue related to the call.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Fleet wide video search
Patent No. 12556650

Inventor(s): Jeff Champa (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OMNITRACS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399135 on 12/28/2023 (782 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and devices for requesting videos may include performing a search for one or more vehicles that have a camera system located nearby an event during a time range surrounding the event. The methods and devices may include receiving a selection of at least one vehicle from a search result list including the one or more vehicles. The methods and devices may include retrieving, from a video data repository associated with the at least one vehicle, a requested video during the time range surrounding the event. The methods and devices may include displaying the requested video.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Content generation service from video conference content for a content collaboration platform
Patent No. 12556657

Inventor(s): Alexander Garza (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ATLASSIAN PTY LTD. (Sydney, , AU)
Law Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399491 on 12/28/2023 (782 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for collaboration content creation from video conferencing content. In one or more examples, a content collaboration system may receive a notification from a video conferencing platform that a video conference session has ended. The system then receives a transcript of the video conference session. From the transcript, the system generates a transcript-processing prompt to provide to a generative output engine, which returns a generative response including a natural language string that is based on the transcript, prompt, and an output format indicated by the prompt. The system then creates a new collaboration content object, or modifies an existing object, using at least a portion of the generative response.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Illumination source having illumination devices and optical combining elements
Patent No. 12556668

Inventor(s): Alexander Lyubarsky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18667155 on 05/17/2024 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing having opposing first and second surfaces. A first illumination device produces first light, a second illumination device produces second light, and a third illumination device produces third light. The first, second, and third illumination devices are arranged along the first surface. The first light has a first color, the second light has a second color, and the third light has a third color. The first color is different than the second color and the third color, and the second color is different than the third color. A fourth illumination device produces fourth light, a fifth illumination device produces fifth light, and a sixth illumination device produces sixth light. The fourth, fifth, and sixth illumination devices are arranged along the second surface. The fourth light has the first color, the fifth light has the second color, and the sixth light has the third color.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Display with increased pixel count
Patent No. 12556669

Inventor(s): Terry Alan Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17387821 on 07/28/2021 (1665 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example projector includes: a first light source to provide first light; and a second light source to provide second light. A spatial light modulator produces: first modulated light by modulating the first light; and second modulated light by modulating the second light. An image direction device directs: the first modulated light to project a first image having a first pixel position; and the second modulated light to project a second image having a second pixel position.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Optically offset three-dimensional imager
Patent No. 12556673

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), Vikrant R. Bhakta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15826181 on 11/29/2017 (3002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include an imager includes a light source; a spatial light modulator to receive light from the light source and to provide patterned light to illuminate an object; a sensor to receive a first and an offset reflected light from reflection of the patterned light off an object; and a processor to receive sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light and apply a deconvolution to a combined image including a combination of the sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light to generate the combined image having pixel density greater than the sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light, wherein the processor is configured to determine a position of at least one point on the object by triangulation between the spatial light modulator and the sensor using the patterned light and the combined image.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Video encoding and distribution methods
Patent No. 12556748

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA), Woo-Shik Kim (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19295968 on 08/11/2025 (190 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Acceleration of bypass binary symbol processing
Patent No. 12556749

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Dallas, TX), Vivienne Sze (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18737340 on 06/07/2024 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes binarizing a plurality of syntax elements, wherein each binarized syntax element comprises a string of one or more binary symbols (bins), wherein a bin is one selected from a context-coded bin and bypass bin, encoding the context-coded bins of the binarized syntax elements using binary arithmetic encoding, and adding the bypass bins of the binarized syntax elements to the compressed video bit stream with no encoding.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Reaction aggregation system and method
Patent No. 12556757

Inventor(s): Andrea Yvette Carter (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): EVE, ESTHER, MARY AND MARTHA LLC (Midland, TX)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18649498 on 04/29/2024 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for: providing streaming media to a first viewer; receiving one or more temporal first viewer reactions while the first viewer is consuming the streaming media; providing the streaming media to additional viewers; receiving one or more temporal additional viewer reactions while the additional viewers are consuming the streaming media; temporally aligning the one or more temporal first viewer reactions with the one or more temporal additional viewer reactions to form multi-viewer temporal commentary for the streaming media; and temporally providing the multi-viewer temporal commentary for the streaming media to future viewers of the streaming media while the future viewers are consuming the streaming media.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

BLE multicast service
Patent No. 12556889

Inventor(s): Kaian Elmahdy (Ramla, , IL), Maxim Altshul (Kadima, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17977418 on 10/31/2022 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes broadcasting, by a multicast anchor, a first message that advertises a multicast service for a multicast group, and receiving, by the multicast anchor from a BLE device, a unicast message that indicates a request to join a BLE device to the multicast group. The method further includes joining, by the multicast anchor, the BLE device to the multicast group as a multicast client, and transmitting, by the multicast anchor to the BLE device, one or more multicast messages for the multicast group.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Caching a data payload on a peripheral device for delivery to a target device
Patent No. 12556896

Inventor(s): Wesley Ip (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18297283 on 04/07/2023 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are techniques for caching a data payload on a peripheral device for delivery to a target device. The techniques include receiving, at a peripheral device via a short-range wireless protocol, a data payload intended for a target device, where the data payload is received from a source device configured to send the data payload to the target device. The techniques further include storing the data payload in a memory of the peripheral device for a time that allows the peripheral device to be placed in network proximity of the target device and transfer the data payload from the peripheral device to the target device. The techniques further include detecting the target device via a short-range wireless network, and sending the data payload to the target device via a short-range wireless protocol used by the target device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for enforcing PII segregation in a distributed data 1 processing system for Privacy-preserving AI corpus generation
Patent No. 12556907

Inventor(s): Waleed S Nema (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19315444 on 08/29/2025 (172 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating a privacy-preserving data corpus for Artificial Intelligence (AI) training. The system comprises a relying partner (RP) computing environment and a trusted, independent identity provider (IdP) computing system. Upon a user authentication request, the IdP provides the RP with only a PII-free, persistent pseudonymous identifier (gUserID) for the user. Any authentication artifacts containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as an OAuth token, are programmatically neutralized by the IdP. This is achieved by generating a transient public-private encryption key pair, immediately destroying the private key, and encrypting the PII-laden artifact with the remaining public key, rendering the PII therein permanently irrecoverable. This enforcement of ”PII unknowability” at the RP enables the aggregation of pseudonymous user data, linked by the persistent gUserID, from multiple independent RPs into a rich, cross-organizational corpus for AI training, without ever exposing user PII to the RP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for provisioning security policies for deriving session keys
Patent No. 12556912

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343483 on 06/28/2023 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, an key management server function (KMSF) may generate a security policy, wherein the security policy is an application function (AF)-specific security policy or a network function (NF)-specific security policy. The KMSF may transmit, to one of an AF or an NF, the security policy, wherein the AF-specific security policy is associated with a derivation of an AF-specific session key, or the NF-specific security policy is associated with a derivation of an NF-specific session key.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Access control device communication system
Patent No. 12556923

Inventor(s): Jack Doan (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Rivian IP Holdings, LLC (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735225 on 05/03/2022 (1386 days app to issue)

Abstract: At least one aspect is directed to a system. The system can include a data processing system that can generate a first pairing data bundle for an access control device of a vehicle. The data processing system can generate a second pairing data bundle for a sensor of the vehicle. The data processing system can transmit the first pairing data bundle to the access control device and transmit the second pairing data bundle to the sensor to pair the access control device with the sensor.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Methods and apparatus to synchronize devices
Patent No. 12556930

Inventor(s): Tomas Motos (Hamar, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18529105 on 12/05/2023 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Sequences to synchronize devices and related methods are disclosed herein including an access address generator to cryptographically generate a first bit sequence, an access address selector to read a first portion of the first bit sequence and read a second portion of the first bit sequence, the second portion different than the first portion, an access address analyzer to identify a first access address from a first section of the first portion based on a first criteria, the first criteria a function of a first autocorrelation function and identify a second access address from a second section of the second portion based on a second criteria, the second criteria a function of a second autocorrelation function.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods and apparatuses for testing user equipment (UE) machine learning-assisted radio resource management (RRM) functionalities
Patent No. 12556945

Inventor(s): Navin Hathiramani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18259132 on 03/02/2021 (1813 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for testing user equipment (UE) machine learning-assisted radio resource management (RRM) functionalities are provided. One method may include selecting a radio resource management (RRM) functionality to be tested for a user equipment (UE) having advertised machine learning (ML)-assistance capabilities, initializing a machine learning (ML)-assistance model in the user equipment based on the advertised machine learning (ML)-assistance capabilities, generating one or more input test signals and corresponding reference output test conditions depending on the machine learning (ML)-assistance radio resource management (RRM) functionality under test, and activating UE machine learning (ML)-assistance functionality and provisioning, to the user equipment, a test sequence with the generated input test signals and corresponding reference output conditions.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for handover for mobile integrated access and backhaul nodes
Patent No. 12556990

Inventor(s): Mamadou Mamoune Niang (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066014 on 12/14/2022 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a mobile integrated access and backhaul (M-IAB) base station configured to serve a set of user equipment (UE) devices; and a parent base station configured to establish a backhaul link for the M-IAB base station. The parent base station may be further configured to provide configuration data to the M-IAB base station that causes the M-IAB base station to report when a triggering condition for preparing a handover to a target parent node is satisfied; detect that the triggering condition is satisfied; and send, in response, a request to the target parent node to prepare the handover. The M-IAB base station may be further configured to detect that a handover condition is satisfied and send a handover request to the target parent node using the configuration data, in response to detecting that the handover condition is satisfied.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for deactivating stolen user equipment and a session for the stolen user equipment
Patent No. 12557003

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX), Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18460972 on 09/05/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may receive, from an equipment identity register, a status of a user equipment and a notification indicating that the user equipment is lost or stolen, and may provide, to a unified data management component, a subscription request that includes the status of the user equipment. The network device may receive, from the unified data management component, a subscription for the user equipment based on the subscription request and based on the status of the user equipment, and may provide, to the user equipment, a command to cause the user equipment to update a configuration of the user equipment based on the subscription.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for controlling closed subscriber group access to networks
Patent No. 12557059

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Said Hanbaly (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17843422 on 06/17/2022 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: A femtocell may include a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifiers (IDs) that identify PLMNs; receive, for each of the first PLMN IDs, a unique Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) ID; and broadcast the PLMN IDs and, for each of the PLMN IDs, the unique CSG ID.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for matching using location information
Patent No. 12557064

Inventor(s): Anna M. Schneider (Fort Worth, TX), Deryl Dorsett (Dallas, TX), Robinne Burrell (Los Angeles, CA), Shane Henderson (Allen, TX), Sharmistha Dubey (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Match Group Americas, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18761642 on 07/02/2024 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving first historical location information identifying a first location area at which a first user was present at a first time and receiving second location information identifying a second location area at which a second user was present at a second time. The method includes determining that the first historical location information and the second location information each correspond to a particular location area and determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the method includes causing information related to the first user to be presented to the second user. The information related to the first user includes the first location area of the first user relative to the second location area of the second user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wireless device, network node, and methods performed thereby, for configuring frequency allocation of sounding reference signals
Patent No. 12557083

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Weisberg I.P. Law, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17925150 on 05/11/2021 (1743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device of configuring uplink sounding transmissions is provided. The method includes receiving, from a network node, downlink control information, DCI. The DCI triggering a SRS transmission and includes a configuration parameter for uplink sounding reference signal, SRS, transmissions for the wireless device. The DCI further includes frequency domain resource assignment, FDRA, that indicates the frequency allocation for the triggered SRS transmission. The method further includes generating a sounding reference signal based on the received DCI. Methods performed by a network node is also provided.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multiple state programmable memory
Patent No. 12557302

Inventor(s): Guruvayurappan S Mathur (Allen, TX), Jack Qian (Plano, TX), Kemal Tamer San (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18228338 on 07/31/2023 (932 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include an integrated circuit having a plurality of nominally identical polycrystalline silicon resistors over a semiconductor substrate. Each of the polysilicon resistors has a resistor body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a current source and the second end is connected to a resistance discriminator. A first proper subset of the resistors have a first resistance, and a second first proper subset of the resistors have a difference second resistance.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

Three-dimensional transistor device having conformal layer
Patent No. 12557332

Inventor(s): Scott Summerfelt (Garland, TX), Sheldon Douglas Haynie (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732211 on 04/28/2022 (1391 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a corrugated surface. A body has a first conductivity type and includes a portion extending continuously along the corrugated surface. A gate dielectric layer is on the body and extends continuously along the corrugated surface. A gate is on the gate dielectric layer, the gate extending continuously along the corrugated surface. A corrugated conformal drift region has a second conductivity type opposite from the first conductivity type, and is on and conformal with the corrugated surface of the semiconductor substrate, and extends continuously along the corrugated surface. A source has the second conductivity type and includes a portion extending continuously along the corrugated surface, the source being in contact with the body. A drain contact region electrically coupled to the drift region and having the second conductivity type.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Circuits having enhanced electrical isolation
Patent No. 12557351

Inventor(s): Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD DURKEE LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045528 on 10/11/2022 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a device that includes a circuit, such as a memory cell, and an isolation structure to electrically isolate the circuit cell. The isolation structure can include a p-type substrate, a first series of p-type material extending to the p-type substrate, and a second series of p-type material extending to the p-type substrate. The first series of p-type material, the p-type substrate, and the second series of p-type material surrounds a first side, a second side, and a bottom of the circuit cell to electrically isolate the circuit cell with continuous p-type material. In some embodiments, the first series of p-type material comprises p-type well regions. In some embodiments, the first series of p-type material comprises deep trench isolation.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Contaminant collection on SOI
Patent No. 12557380

Inventor(s): Frank John Sweeney (Rockwall, TX), Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18748862 on 06/20/2024 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer over a buried insulator layer. An electronic device has an NWELL region in the semiconductor layer, a dielectric over the NWELL region, and a polysilicon plate over the dielectric. A white space region adjacent the electronic device includes a first P-type region in the semiconductor layer and adjacent the surface. The P-type region has a first sheet resistance and the NWELL region has a second sheet resistance that is greater than the first sheet resistance.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Dielectric crack suppression fabrication and system
Patent No. 12557654

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Costner Stewart (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558017 on 12/21/2021 (1519 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit with a first conductive region, a second conductive region, a plurality of dielectric layers of a first material type between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and at least one dielectric layer of a second material type, between a first dielectric layer in the plurality of dielectric layers of a first material type and a second dielectric layer in the plurality of dielectric layers of the first material type. Each dielectric layer of a first material type has a thickness in a range from 0.5 m to 5.0 m, and the at least one dielectric layer of a second material type is not contacting a metal and has a thickness less than 2.0 m, and the second material type differs from the first material type in at least one of compression stress or elements in the first material type as compared to elements in the second material type.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Molded module package with an EMI shielding barrier
Patent No. 12557658

Inventor(s): Kwang-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Vivek Kishorechand Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159966 on 01/26/2023 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device that includes a substrate and a die disposed on the substrate, the die having an active surface. Wire bonds are attached from the active surface of the die to the substrate. A radiation barrier is attached to the substrate and disposed over the die. The radiation barrier is configured to mitigate electromagnetic radiation exposure to the die. A mold compound is formed over the die, the wire bonds, and the radiation barrier.

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Mounting device
Patent No. D1113406

Inventor(s): Jonathon Moss (Grandview, TX)
Assignee(s): RMH Tech LLC (Colorado Springs, CO)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29874164 on 04/14/2023 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Tube
Patent No. D1113424

Inventor(s): David Aaron Yanoshak (Dallas, TX), Gregory Elliott Needel (Coppell, TX), Nicholas James Coussens (Chicago, IL), Orion Christopher DeYoe (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): REV Robotics LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29834696 on 04/13/2022 (1406 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle body reinforcement washer
Patent No. D1113434

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29938930 on 04/24/2024 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Hand-held metal detector
Patent No. D1113473

Inventor(s): Brent C. Weaver (Heath, TX), Robert J. Podhrasky (Dallas, TX), Stephen M. Novakovich, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Tunga Tuzlaci (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Garrett Electronics, Inc. (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29969631 on 10/23/2024 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering bellcrank
Patent No. D1113596

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Noah House (Sachse, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29958957 on 08/22/2024 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering assembly
Patent No. D1113633

Inventor(s): Noah House (Sachse, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29966310 on 10/01/2024 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Wall angled controller
Patent No. D1113826

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX), Kevin Scott Hodge (Allen, TX), Rashid Skaf (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29835864 on 04/22/2022 (1397 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Wall flat controller
Patent No. D1113827

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper
Patent No. D1114089

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29936783 on 04/10/2024 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Sling mount
Patent No. D1114139

Inventor(s): Wei Yang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29922363 on 12/21/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ceiling fan with halo light
Patent No. D1114230

Inventor(s): Jimmy J. Jones (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): Craftmade International, Inc. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29910795 on 08/24/2023 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lip implant
Patent No. D1114255

Inventor(s): Peter Raphael (Plano, TX), Scott Harris (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SURGISIL, L.L.P. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29738540 on 06/18/2020 (2070 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Rabbit litter box
Patent No. D1114412

Inventor(s): Nicholas E. Field (Arlington, TX), Tianyi Wang (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29904681 on 10/10/2023 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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